Undersea Systems Engineer — Hardware & MBSE Specialist

The Pennsylvania State University; Ferguson Township (PA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% tuition discount

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University’s Applied Research Laboratory in the United States seeks highly motivated Systems Engineers to join the Undersea Systems Office. You will help develop complex physical undersea platforms, including vehicles, sensors and integrated hardware/software for defense applications.

This role emphasizes rigorous systems engineering from concept through design, test and production. ARL conducts MBSE, system modeling, and hardware/software integration; you will work with

Qualifications

• Applying systems engineering to complex physical systems, preferably in defense, aerospace, maritime, or robotics domains.
• Experience collaborating in multi-disciplinary, team-oriented cultures.
• Ability to express ideas successfully to drive understanding.
• Past success in writing white papers or reports.
• Past success in leading or directing multi-disciplinary teams on projects.
• Experience contributing to technical proposals and white papers.

Responsibilities

• Translate stakeholder needs into system-level requirements and architectures.
• Perform analysis of alternatives and develop concepts for hardware-centric undersea platforms.
• Conduct system decomposition, interface definition, and integration planning.
• Support MBSE, system modeling, and hardware/software integration.
• Develop verification strategies, test plans for physical prototypes and fielded systems.
• Participate in lab, dockside, and at-sea test events.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, sponsors, Navy partners, and program management.
• Identify risks and support lifecycle decision-making.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

MBSE experience

Hardware/software integration

Requirements analysis

Technical communication

Proposal & white papers

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science

Tools

Cameo

DOORS

Jama

Job description

The Pennsylvania State University’s Applied Research Laboratory in the United States seeks highly motivated Systems Engineers to join the Undersea Systems Office. You will help develop complex physical undersea platforms, including vehicles, sensors and integrated hardware/software for defense applications.

This role emphasizes rigorous systems engineering from concept through design, test and production. ARL conducts MBSE, system modeling, and hardware/software integration; you will work with